VHTRC - The Club

Congratulations to Stephan Dobson and Jack Evans who tied for the win in the VHTRC football contest.  Mike Strzelecki was third and Paul Blackman fourth.  Dave Quivey won the last week.  Final Season Standings  |  More Information  We plan to have a college bowl contest. Watch for it!

A great day to be out on the trails!  After 2 days of rain, the runners were treated to cool and clear, near perfect running weather.  A small group of about 15 ran distances that ranged from 7-12ish miles.

Congratulations to all who finished the Stone Mill 50 mile on November 16. Web site | Results

Steve Core pointed out to us that Prasad Gerard was named the cross country coach of the year in Montgomery County, Maryland. A boy on Prasad's Poolesville team won the state championship and a girl was third.  Both his boys and girls teams were second in the Maryland State 2A Cross County  Championships.  More information

MMT entry will open on January 1, 2014.  The later date takes the process out of the holiday period and facilitates moving the entire process online. (No mailing wait list checks!)  More information.

Bull Run Run entry will open on February 1.  Magnus Gluteus Maximus RSVP will open on November 15.

The VHTRC was listed among the top 12 trail running clubs in the U.S. by Trail Runner magazine. The other clubs on the list do some cool things, but not one boasts a 70-year-old male runner who clutches mango panties when he finishes MMT. (A photo of this finish was submitted to TR, but for some reason it was rejected). Not surprisingly, requests to join the club Facebook page rose significantly after the article was published. Trail Runner blurb

2013 will be remembered as the year our club women once again dominated the local ultra scene. In beautiful fall weather yesterday at the Mountain Masochist 50 Mile Trail Run, Kathleen Cusick, Gaby Gorman, Megan Stegemiller, and Annie Stanley scored top-10 finishes to add to their impressive resumes for the year. Kathleen, who was third at Tussy Outandback 50 two weeks ago, finished second; Gaby, who set the CR at Odyssey Trail Marathon in September, was third; OD champ Megan Stegemiller came from 13th with fifteen miles to go to finish 6th; and Annie Stanley cracked the top-10 with a smart and steady run in only her second 50, while also finishing second in the Lynchburg Ultra Series. Sophie Speidel hung on for the 50+ "Grandmasters" age group win (ouch!). On the men's side, Sean Andrish was 7th in a highly competitive field, where all top-10 men went under 8 hours, and Jack Kurisky was the Master's champ.

A small but determined field toed the line this past Saturday for what has become an annual mid-atlantic trail journey through 4 states.  Three were actually able to make it through all 4 states: Matt Smythe, Fred Fialco and Jeff Gura; the rest enjoyed a Hortonesque 50k on a bluebird fall day.

A huge thanks to the volunteers Tom Simonds, Jeff Radan, Caren Jew and Dan Mowers for helping make it all happen.

The terms of office of the members of the current VHTRC board expire on December 31.  Three of the five members are not running for reelection.  We need qualified people to step forward to lead the club.